Chiang Hsiao-yung
| Eddie Chiang Hsiao-yung | |
|---|---|
 An infant Chiang Hsiao-yung in 1948, with mother Chiang Fang-liang (left),
grandfather Chiang Kai-shek (right), father Chiang Ching-kuo (center rear, hidden). | |
| Born | 1 October 1948 |
| Died | 22 December 1996 (aged 48) |
| Parents |
Chiang Ching-kuo Chiang Fang-liang |
Chiang Hsiao-yung (traditional Chinese: 蔣孝勇; simplified Chinese: 蒋孝勇; pinyin: Jiǎng Xiàoyǒng; also known as Eddie Chiang; October, 1948 - December 22, 1996) was a politician of the Republic of China.
Biography
Chiang was born in Shanghai, Republic of China in 1948. He was the third son of Chiang Ching-kuo, the President of the Republic of China in Taiwan from 1978 to 1988. His mother was Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva, also known as Chiang Fang-liang. He had two older brothers, Hsiao-wen and Hsiao-wu, and one older sister, Hsiao-chang, with whom he shared the same parents. He had two half-brothers, Winston Chang and John Chiang, with whom he shared the same father.
After a brief political career in the Kuomintang in 1988, he emigrated to Canada with his family. In 1996, he died in Taiwan at the Taipei Veterans General Hospital as a result of esophageal cancer, aged 48. He was survived by his wife Chiang Fang Chi-yi and three sons.
Currently, Chiang Fang Chi-yi is an active Kuomintang political figure while his eldest son Demos Chiang is a successful businessman.